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Cars and trucks: How international climate promises compare to California’s mandates

by Rachel Becker November 10, 2021November 10, 2021

Nations addressing climate change took on gasoline and diesel vehicles in pledges that mirror California’s mandates and plans — and in some cases, go even further.

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Autos y camiones: cómo se comparan las promesas climáticas internacionales con los mandatos de California

by Rachel Becker November 10, 2021November 11, 2021

Oil pumpjacks near Fellows in Kern County. Photo via iStock

Oil faces complicated future in California

by Emily Hoeven October 22, 2021October 22, 2021

An oil pump looms over a wheat field in Bakersfield. Photo via iStock

Newsom backs tougher rules on California oil wells

by Rachel Becker October 21, 2021October 25, 2021

Booms float in the Talbert Marsh as workers try to limit the spread of oil from a spill from an offshore oil rig in Huntington Beach on October 4, 2021. The U.S Coast Guard is leading the response to the spill, which comprised 126,000 gallons of oil and covered about 5.8 nautical miles between the Huntington Beach Pier and Newport Beach. The spill emanated from a facility operated by Beta Offshore about five miles off the coast, and was likely caused by a pipeline leak. Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG

A rare ecological gem is slicked with spilled oil — again

by Rachel Becker October 5, 2021October 5, 2021

Oil washes up on a beach in Newport Beach, on Oct. 4, 2021. A major oil spill off the coast of Southern California fouled popular beaches and killed wildlife while crews scrambled Sunday, to contain the crude before it spread further into protected wetlands. Photo by Ringo H.W. Chiu, AP Photo

California’s new state of emergency

by Emily Hoeven October 5, 2021October 5, 2021

The latest on the oil spill: A ship may have caused the pipeline damage weeks earlier

by Julie Cart and Rachel Becker October 4, 2021October 8, 2021

Cleanup contractors deploy skimmers and floating barriers to try to stop further oil crude incursion into the Wetlands Talbert Marsh in Huntington Beach on Oct. 3, 2021. One of the largest oil spills in recent Southern California history fouled popular beaches and killed wildlife while crews scrambled Sunday to contain the crude before it spread further into protected wetlands. Photo by Ringo H.W. Chiu, AP Photo

Massive oil spill batters California’s Orange County coast

by Emily Hoeven October 4, 2021October 4, 2021

California Capitol. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters

Newsom straddles gap between present and future

by Dan Walters June 27, 2021June 27, 2021

The River Fire destroyed nearly 3,000 acres and threatened 1,500 structures in Salinas, Calif., on Aug. 16, 2020 after an early morning lightning storm. Photo by David Rodriguez, The Salinas Californian

Fire risk amid a housing crisis — California’s challenging new reality

by Emily Hoeven June 22, 2021June 22, 2021